Little Chute, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Little Chute Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54140. It stands on Little Chute Islands. The Survey maps it on the Kaukauna quadrangle. 11,619 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.
On record in Little Chute
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Cedars Lock and Dam Historic Districtlisted 1993- Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic Districtlisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresLittle Chute grew from 10,449 to 11,619 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10,449 | |
| 2020 | 11,619 | +1,170 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Kaukauna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Kaukauna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Little Chute between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20CL029 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | AP00199 |
| 30 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 36 |
| 25 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18BU001 |
| 19 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 200931 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 235 |
| 1 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 28 |
| 4 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 200592 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Little Chute: 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Perlite Co. | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Kaukauna Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Monnot Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kurey Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R Evers Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Van Handel Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Chute in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Little Chute | $6,800,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Chute | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Kaukauna and damaged the roof of a house. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Chute | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines in Kaukauna. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Little Chute | - | Quarter size hail fell near Little Chute. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Little Chute | - | Quarter size hail fell in Kaukauna. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Little Chute | - | Hail of 3.75 inches fell near Kaukauna. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Little Chute | - | Another brief tornado damaged the roof of a barn (DI 1, DOD 2) and silo top northeast of Kaukauna. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Little Chute | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail and 40 to 50 mph wind gusts north of Kaukauna. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Little Chute | - | Nickel size hail fell at Little Chute. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Little Chute | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell at Little Chute. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Chute | - | Thunderstorm winds downed street lights near Highway 55 and I-41. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Chute | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped tree limbs near the intersection of Tobacnoir Street and Lincoln Avenue in Little Chute. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Chute | - | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and power lines in Little Chute. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Chute | - | A thunderstorms wind gust to 65 mph was measured near SR-55 and US-41. The winds downed tree branches. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Chute | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Little Chute | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Locks | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kimberly | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kaukauna | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Whispering Pines | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Apple Creek | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bell Heights | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Appleton | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mackville | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Little Chute | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301334 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1568226. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




